36-82 ORDINANCE NO. 36-82
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 13, "HEALTH
AND SANITATION", SECTION 13-13, "WEEDS, TRASH, CERTAIN
VEGETATION, ETC. DECLARED A PUBLIC NUISANCE", OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH,
FLORIDA, BY ADDING A NEW SUBPARAGRAPH (c), PROHIBITING
AND DECLARING ANY KIND OF VEGETATION THAT INTERFERES
WITH THE USE OF STREETLIGHTS, SIDEWALKS, OR OTHER
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS TO BE A PUBLIC NUISANCE; PROVIDING
A SAVING CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Chapter 13, "Health and Sanitation", Section 13-13 "Weeds, trash, certain
vegetation, etc. declared a public nuisance", of the Code of Ordinances of the City of De]ray Beach,
Florida, be and is hereby amended by adding a new subparagraph (c) to read as follows:
(c) The existence of any kind of vegetation including trees and shrubs, upon any
lot, tract, or parcel of land, improved or unimproved, within the city, to the
extent that such vegetation interferes with the use of streetlights, side-
walks, or other public improvements is hereby prohibited and declared to be
a public nuisance.
Section 2. That should any section or provision of this ordinance or any portion thereof,
any paragraph, sentence, or word be declared by a Court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
such decision shall not affect the validity of the remainder hereof as a whole or part thereof' other
than the part declared to be invalid.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall become effective ten (10) days after passage on
second and final reading.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on second and final reading on this the llth
day of May ,1982.
ATTEST:
C~I~ Clerk
First Reading April 27, 1982 '
Second Reading May 11, 1982